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Debut Licensed Book Program to Bring the Fun and Pro-Social Lessons of the Top-Rated PBS KIDS Preschool Series from The Fred Rogers Company to Young Neighbors Nationwide NEW YORK, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, one of the world's leading children's book publishers, has been named master publishing licensee for PBS KIDS ratings winner Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Under its agreement with brand owner, The Fred Rogers Company, and licensing...
NEW YORK, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Atheneum, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, announced today plans to publish the remarkable memoir of Leon Leyson, one of the youngest Holocaust survivors on Oskar Schindler's List. THE BOY ON THE WOODEN BOX by Leon Leyson with Marilyn Harran, which goes on sale on August 27, 2013, perfectly captures the innocence of a young boy who goes through the unthinkable. Most notable is the lack of rancor, the lack of venom, and...
NEW YORK & TORONTO, Feb. 7, 2013 /CNW/ - Stephen Harper has recently completed a work about the history of hockey that will be published by Simon & Schuster in the United States and Canada in November 2013. The as-yet-untitled book tells the intriguing, little-known story of the origins of professional hockey, where strong personalities and philosophies battled to define not only how the game would be played on ice, but by whom. Drawing on extensive archival records and...
NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lauren DeStefano, the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy has signed on to write a brand-new utopian series with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. The new series will be published in Spring 2014 and will be called The Internment Chronicles. The title of the first book is Perfect Ruin. In addition to the new series, two short stories will be published as eBooks to complement the story. The final book of The...
SEATTLE, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults - including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards - at its Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. A list of all the 2013 award winners follows: John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: "The One and Only Ivan," written by Katherine Applegate, is the 2013...
NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When Daniel Hernandez Jr. was twenty-years-old he was working as an intern for U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. On January 8, 2011, during a "Congress on Your Corner" event, Giffords was shot. Daniel Hernandez's quick thinking helped to save Giffords's life until the paramedics arrived and took her to the hospital. Hernandez's bravery and heroism has been noted by many, including President Barack Obama. But while that may have been his...
NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer has signed with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, to publish Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective, a two-book middle-grade series. The first title in the series, Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit will be published in Fall 2013, and is the author's first novel. Randi Rhodes isn't your average...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Max Sound Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: MAXD) the HD Audio Company that is substantially improving the sound in music, movies, video games, television and mobile devices announced today that it will release MAXD HD versions of Simon & Schuster's catalogue of audiobook titles at the Company's maxdonline.com store in October 2012. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120828/DA63541LOGO) "MAXD gives the audiobook...
NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American soccer star and Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan has signed with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, to publish The Kicks, a three-book middle-grade series. The first title in the series will be published in Summer 2013, and is the author's first novel. The Kicks features new-girl-in-town Devon, and her three best friends, Jessi, Zoe, and Emma-the core of the...
NEW YORK, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has partnered with Mobile Commons to offer Young Adult readers and fans an exciting new mobile program to engage with authors through text messaging. Simon & Schuster will debut the program for fans of Young Adult literature at Comic-Con San Diego later this week with a text-based sweepstakes that offers readers the opportunity to win prizes during the convention, and to continue communicating...
